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Dust and Biological Aerosols from the Sahara and Asia Influence Precipitation in the Western U.S.
Abstract
Action at a Distance: Snowfall in the Sierra Nevada provides a large fraction of the water that California receives as precipitation. Knowing what factors influence the amount of snow that falls is thus critical for projecting how water availability may change in the future. Aerosols have an important effect on cloud processes and precipitation. Creamean et al. (p. 1572 , published online 28 February) found that dust and biological aerosols originating from as far away as the Sahara facilitate ice nuclei formation and ice-induced precipitation in the Sierra Nevada and show how dust and biological articles from places as distant as Africa and Asia can influence precipitation over the western United States.
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Metadata
- Authors
- Creamean, J. M., Suski, K. J., Rosenfeld, D., Cazorla, A., DeMott, P. J., Sullivan, R. C., White, A. B., Ralph, F. M., Minnis, P., Comstock, J. M., Tomlinson, J. M., & Prather, K. A.
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- Science
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- 2013-03-29
- Volume
- 339
- Issue
- 6127
- Pages
- 1572-1578
- ISSN
- 0036-8075 (ISSN-L)
- 1095-9203
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- W1978664996
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- 611
- References
- 0
- FWCI
- 40.55
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
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